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Hypno were always complicated for me to judge on. They don't really have any specified Niche. I'm afraid the only Recommendation I can make is to replace Brick Break with a tactical move like Reflect or Safeguard.

If your Hypno has the ability Synchronize, then teach it Safeguard. If the opponent poisons you or burns you, you don't want Synchronize to kick in and throw off your Hypnosis strategy, otherwise you've just lost use of all of your attacks except Shadow Ball.

If it has Forewarn, put Reflect on it for Added Defense. That's pretty Self-Explanatory.

The more rare physical Hypno. Meditate might not be amazing considering the current state of the metagame, but it gets the job down, especially with help from Life Orb. Speed isn't so much a problem with Thunder Wave. Psycho Cut provides STAB, while Drain Punch provides type coverage, mainly against Steel and Dark. It also heals you, helpful for restoring the health lost from Life Orb. Insomnia stops you from being put to Sleep, which is always annoying. Your EVs provide you with some bulk and a decent enough Attack to use for Meditate to boost. The Speed EVs should allow you to outspeed the foe when you use Thunder Wave, and for some of the slower Pokemon who plague Poison and Steel typing.

Hypnosis puts the opponent to sleep obviously. Dream-eater is STAB and Healing. Barrier gives him high Defense. Nightmare is for doing more damage in there sleep while Focus-blast is there if you are afraid of Dark/Steel types.

Belly drum (the fun part of the set)
Wish (Use this on the turn right before drumming)
zen headbutt/ psycho cut (reliable STAB)
Drain Punch (Continuously heal back HP while you sweep)

This set turns hypno into a bulky set up sweeper, and is able to catch the opponent off guard as belly drum is uncommon, especialy on hypno. Max investment in attack lets you heal back more HP from drain punch. The wish + belly drum combo is unique to only hypno I think, and lets him heal back HP before the opponent realizes it.